Tire.



l. E. ASH.

TIRE.

APPLICATION man ,'AN.10,191.

Patented Dec. 26, 19H5.

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25 pneumatic tire embodying novel features of ISAAC E. ASH, OF ATHENS, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

:Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Application led January 10, 1916. Serial No.^71,306.

.To all whom it may concern Be it known-that I, ISAAC E. Asn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Athens, in the county of Athens and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which the following` isa specication.

My` invention relates to improvements in tires and refers articularly to what may be termed a rein orced antiskid tire.

An object of my invention is the provision of a pneumatic tire having an antiskid tread thereon composed of closely woven ber such as hemp, Manila, flax, cotton, linen or other tough ber, which will re- 'vent skidding and prolong the life ofpthe tire.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a pneumatic tire, having a tread of closely woven tough ber folded andl laced together in va tortuous line with continuousvreturn bends and secured in the outer rubber portion of the tire. y

With these and other objects in view, my "invention consists of a reinforced antiskid construction, combination and arrangement of parts for service, substantially'as shown, described and particularly defined by the claims.

' In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated oneA complete example of V'the lphysical embodiment of my invention constructedin accordance withthe best moder I have so far devised `for the practical application `of the principles of my invention. ,Figure J1 is a top plan view of a portion of'my-tire,.and'F1g. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

I have-found from experience with and a Close observation of the comparative wear-V l 'ing qualities of rubber and ber, that a .tough ber such as'hemp, Manila, flax, ct-

ton, linen, etc., woven tlghtly together will outwear rubber tread. Y

In the drawings, A designates the continuous' ber strip laced together and sevcurely held in the tire B, in a tortuous line with continuous return bends by the wires or strong cords C. '.AsA shown in Fig. 2, the

wires -orstrong cords C pass through the stripA and the outer rubber tread rD of the tire B, thus securely retaining the strip in lace. The strip A is reinforced at its sides y the rubber tread' D, which is raised a1- when used as the antiskid most flush with the top of the strip. I have found that the best results can-be obtained by making the strip A from about threeeighths of an inch to ve-eighths of an inch in thickness and by having the folds or bends of the strip of ber close enough together to receiveall the contact with the ground; v

In the present invention a new type of tread face is attained combining the advantages of a 'rubber tread with the advantages of a tread having material with a better coeicient vof friction for wet and slippery surfaces. 'Io this end, the strip A is composed of bery cords woven very tightly together, and is set in the tire at the time of its manufacture by the lacings of wires running through the successive folds and bends'of the strip with the circumference of the tire. The usual rubber treadlling the spaces between the `folds and the outsides of the bends and engaging the wires, thereby an# choring the strip in the tire. In this manner I will' have a tire whose tread will consist of a strip of closely woven ber-so disposed and anchored in the rubber portion of the tire that the ends of the strands com-- posing the Woof of the ber strip receive practically all the hard contact with the road surface. Thus it will be readily seen that the ends of the ber composing the woof of the strip, together with the raised rubber reinforcement, compose or afford the only points of contact of the tire with the road surface, and that when the strip and the raised rubber reinforcement have worn out the tire maybe retted with another strip of ber and reinforcing rubber as in the new tire.

As is Well known to those skilled in the art to which this invention a pertains, the rubber tread together with t e ber strip may be removed and the fabric carcass retted with a new strip and rubber tread as 'in a new tire.

I claim 1 A tire of the -character described, consisting of the usual fabric'carcass and outer rubber tread thereon, an antiskid strip imbedded in the outer rubber tread in a tortuous line with continuous return bends, and means for anchoring the antiskid strip in the outer rubber tread consisting of lacings l passing through the strip at its successive folds and bends and through the iouter rub ber tread.

Ianchoring the strip in the tire.

3. rllhe combination With a tire consisting of the fabric carcass and the rubber tread thereon, of an antiskid strip embedded therein composed of closely Woven ber strands and disposed in said rubber tread in a tortuous line With continuous return bends, and means for anchoring the antiskid strip in the tread consisting of lacings passing through the successive folds and bends of the strip and the rubber tread, said rubber tread being almost iush With the outer sides of the strip to act as a reinforcement.

p In testimonywhereof I aix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SAAC E. ASH.

Witnesses; GEO. M. OsBoRN, JOSEPH MINOR. 

